Word: expansionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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As soon as news of that move leaked out, city leaders said they would claim back taxes on the land, and added that it made them more ready than ever to make use of the institutional expansion controls the state legislature is expected to award the city this spring.
The court fight will give "added impetus" to legislation pending on Beacon Hill to allow Cambridge to regulate Harvard expansion into the community, councilor Sullivan predicted.
Councilor David Sullivan said yesterday the decision would make him "very ready to use new controls on Harvard's expansion that the state legislature may grant Cambridge this spring.
Cohen said Harvard officials testified they provided housing for 56 tenants at 18-20 Ware St., which the University bought last year. Harvard argued that that expansion compensated for the Sumner Rd. units it is seeking to remove.
The first solution means little to Cambridge--the city is already densely packed, six square miles of solid civilization. There is little room for expansion of the industrial base that might come if taxes were lowered, especially since half the city's land is owned by tax-exempt, non-profit...